Category: Nature

By Juliana Glassco Sunlight, shadows, and wind on the snow at Willowbank Here at Willowbank, in the Niagara region of southern Ontario, we have had a very snowy winter. I can imagine few places more beautiful for a walk after a fresh snowfall, and so I have taken quite a few. The world is different […]

This Saturday (March 29 at 10 am!) Sophia Rabliauskas of Poplar River First Nation will be presenting on the meeting ground between culture and nature. Her topic, “Spiritual connection with the land: sustaining traditional territory” and her role in protecting the boreal forests of Manitoba, are of particular personal interest. The Poplar First Nation is […]

March has been an in-depth month of Cultural Landscape discussion, from the foundational theme of culture-nature bondedness. Renate Sander-Regier kicked off this spring’s Willowbank Lectures with a lively discussion about human-nature relations. The lectures have become a springtime ritual, when Willowbank hosts the community after a long winter, and neighbours discuss brain-tickling topics over coffee. […]